City of Lake Forest, IL

Leave your real tree at the curb on your regular scheduled recycling day during the month of January and we'll pick it up so it can be ground up and composted.

Trees collected curbside are ground up and composted. To be collected, trees
1) must be free of all lights and ornamentation,
2) must have the tree stand removed, and
3) cannot be in plastic tree bags.

Wreaths and garland are not compostable because they contain plastic and metal wires.